What we used: Goodhead Oral Sex Mints
Brand: Doc Johnson
From: Sex Toys U.K.
Price: £7.95 for approximately 20 mints
Ingredients: Benzocaine (10 mg)

 

We’ve all been there. That uncomfortable moment during a blow job when he goes that bit deeper and your gag reflex kicks in. It’s not a particularly pleasant feeling. Enter Goodhead Oral Sex Mints. The question is, do they work?

 

First thoughts

Lizzie
Fellatio is not my forte. I always have the best intentions – and genuinely enjoy doing something that Thomas finds so pleasing – but man alive, my gag reflex is terrible. My technique has improved somewhat over the years and I’ve learned a few tricks to compensate or curtail it slightly (lying on my back with my head hanging over the edge of the mattress to give a nice, straight line to the throat, placement of fingers, angling my head to better use my cheeks, etc.) but I’m no Linda Lovelace. Not even close.

Goodhead Oral Sex Mints claim to repress the gag reflex with a mild anaesthetic, which, in theory, equals a bit of deep throat action for the person you’re fellating. Per the packaging:

 

‘Numb your throat to take him deeper… with less effort!’

 

Needless to say, I was intrigued to see whether they really would give me a little more, er, capacity.

 

How they look

Lizzie
Like sweets. Aside from the penis logo on the tin, you’d be forgiven for confusing them with travel mints but at nearly 40 pence per lozenge, they’re far more expensive.

 

The effects

Lizzie
The instructions call for the user to place two mints on the tongue and suck them slowly until they dissolve. Now, this is a simple enough task but have you ever timed yourself when sucking a sweet? I suspect not, but it will come as no surprise when I tell you that these Goodhead Oral Sex Mints don’t melt in the mouth immediately; we’re talking minutes rather than seconds before your saliva is able to reduce and break them down to nothing. Ergo, they’re not exactly conducive to spontaneity. (Thomas and I lay in bed laughing and making jokes about sweet flavours while we waited for them to reduce in size the first time we tried them but if we’d been in a fast-and-frantic mood, this delay would have been somewhat annoying. Yes, I know you can still do stuff with a sweet in your mouth but it’s not ideal.)

As I sucked on the mints, I gave Thomas a running commentary of their effects. The first thing I noticed? The top surface of my tongue went numb. Then the top of my palate. By the time I’d finished both sweets, I’d lost all sensation in the former. The back of my throat? Well, it felt somewhat less sensitive but nowhere near as anesthetised as my actual mouth.

When it came to the actual blow job I did feel that I was taking Thomas slightly deeper than usual but I can’t say it was by a massive amount. And he was pretty much of the same opinion. The numb tongue also changed my perception of the blow job a fair bit, too; as mentioned, Goodhead Oral Sex Mints seem to have more of an effect on the former than anything else, which meant I didn’t feel all the sensations I normally would when licking and massaging Thomas’ penis with it. I must admit, I missed them.

Time wise, the effects of the Benzocaine lasted approximately ten minutes on me. However, I was interested to see if I was typical so ended up dolling out the sweets post-dinner party to a bunch of friends like the blow job fairy (certainly a change from the usual after-dinner mints) and asking them to time how long the anaesthetic lasted. The range was between five and ten minutes. In my opinion, that’s not nearly enough time to give someone a decent blow job.

 

The verdict?

Lizzie
I can’t really quantify how much of a difference these actually made to me. They definitely numbed my mouth and, to a lesser extent, my throat but I certainly won’t be starring in Deep Throat any time soon. Could I take Thomas a little deeper? Yes, but we’re talking millimetres rather than centimetres. That said, I suspect that these may prove more or less effective depending on the person. I’m tempted to try the Goodhead Deep Throat spray, as that can specifically target the back of the throat and would, I assume, limit the ‘numbed tongue’ effect I experienced with these mints. Less waiting around for them to work, too (although I don’t envisage spraying the back of my throat with an aerosol mid-coitus would look particularly sexy). There’s the issue of the anaesthetic’s longevity, too; I suspect its lifespan wouldn’t be significantly different.

 

In summary …

Things I liked …

• Well, I could take Thomas a little deeper, but not much.
• The flavour options; these blow job sweets come in strawberry as well as spearmint.

Things I wasn’t so keen on …

• The price. These mints make for a rather costly bout of oral sex.
• The incredibly numb tongue that resulted from sucking the mints. They seem to kill all sensation in your mouth.
• The time it takes for them to work. You need to set aside sweet-sucking time prior to giving your partner a blow job.
• Negligible effect on the back of the throat – most of the anaesthetic seems to hit the tongue.
• The Benzocaine’s short lifespan.

 

• Goodhead Oral Sex Mints (Spearmint and Strawberry)
• Goodhead Deep Throat Spray (Mystical Mint)
• Goodhead Deep Throat Spray (Wild Cherry)

 

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